Demand on Texas’ strained power grid expected to double over next six years

Data centers, hydrogen-production sites and oil and gas operators are demanding more power at the same time as the state’s population is booming.

by Sanford Nowlin June 20, 2024February 18, 2025

Data centers, hydrogen-production sites and oil and gas operators are demanding more power at the same time as the state’s population is booming.

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Texas lawmakers ask state agency to delay power market redesign until after 2023 legislative session

In a Monday committee hearing, lawmakers questioned whether a Public Utility Commission proposal to redesign Texas’ electricity market would lead to the building of more natural-gas-fired power plants. Regulators say it would.

by Erin Douglas, The Texas Tribune December 6, 2022December 29, 2024

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San Antonio’s CPS Energy racks up $2.5 million in legal fees from suits over February winter storm

by Sanford Nowlin June 16, 2021August 17, 2023

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Demand on Texas’ strained power grid expected to double over next six years

Texas lawmakers ask state agency to delay power market redesign until after 2023 legislative session

San Antonio’s CPS Energy racks up $2.5 million in legal fees from suits over February winter storm